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These ten basics are the foundation of the treatment program that I recently took part in at a local hospital. I thought that they might be useful to other readers, so I am typing them up to post here. To hopefully avoid any confusion I’ll type my words in italics, and those from the hospital [...]
' July 22nd, 2009 at 04:13pm 6 comments
I have wrestled with the idea of how to write this, or whether or not to write this. When I first started this site I knew that I wanted to reach out to others who were suffering from mental illness and their families. I believe that I have done that to the best of my [...]
' May 12th, 2009 at 06:30am 20 comments
I haven’t been doing so well as of late. I have been sucked down by depression again and dealing with anxiety that seems out of control. I am also trying to live with what is now constant physical pain and it is not easy. I might turn into one of those people you never ask [...]
' March 9th, 2009 at 09:10am 6 comments
I have been asked, countless times now, to describe my depression. I was never able to articulate it. Today I was thinking about it as I loaded yet another load of soiled clothes into the washer and I remembered that line from John Irving’s amazing book “The World According To Garp” “Beware [...]
' March 30th, 2008 at 05:25pm 6 comments
I have been examined by two doctors in the last week. Go ahead and skip this entry if it’s boring to read; I understand.
My back was examined by a specialist. I had to remove all of my clothes and get into one of those gowns with the ties in the back. I wanted to [...]
' March 20th, 2008 at 12:02pm 2 comments